JAPAN: Wii Party tops charts

Blending the gameplay of Mario Party 8 with the Mii characters of Wii Play has paid off for Nintendo – Wii Party went straight to the top of the Japanese charts this week.

The game sold 235,000 copies putting it one place ahead of White Knight Chronicles on PS3 with 176,000 units sold. In comparison Super Mario Galaxy 2 saw 340,000 first-week sales when it was released in May.

Wii Party allows players to move around a game board and take part in a variety of motion-controlled mini-games.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata previously said the game will hit UK shelves before March 31st, 2011.